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W. E. DEWEY.

PILLOW SRAM HOLDER.

No. 318,966. PatentedJun-e 2, 1885.

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FlLLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

SEGIFICTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,956, dated June 2, 1835.

Application tiled August 4, 1884.

To all 107mm/ it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIE E. DEWEY, of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of ViscOiisin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in pillow-sham holders.

Hitherto it has been customary to construct holders in such a manner that the sham is rolled or folded in removing it from the pillow, or requires to behandled in being so removed.

The object of my presentinvention is to provide a sham-holder which shall automatically remove the shams from the pillows; a further object being to provide a sham-holder which shall hold the sham by one edge, thereby allowing the same to hang perfectly fiat without the necessity of handling; a further object being to provide a holder which shall swing from one post, and which is convenient and durable.

hVith these ends in View my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved holder with sham in position on the pillow, and Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of the same when x shams are removed from the pillow, and Fig.

3 is a detached View of bracket.

A and B represent the head-posts of bedstead. To either post A or B, as may be found convenient, a bracket, C., is secured, preferably by means of a screw, c, and ascreweye, c. The bracket C maybe of any desired forni or material, and is provided with two projecting lugs or ears, D, to which the swinging arm is hinged by means ofthe pint-le d.

The swinging arm E is provided with a socket, c, adapted to receive the end of a pole, The pole F is conveniently secured to the arm E by a screw passing through the bead of the socket c into its end and a screw passing through the shoulder e intoits side.

The pole F is adapted to hold the sham or (No model.)

any other suitable and convenient device for L securing the edge of the sham thereto. The

`pole F is provided near its outer end with an eye, h, by means of which it is locked to a hook, H, the latter being secured to the headpost not having the bracket C secured thereto.

The pole F, with the shams hanging therefrom, is thrown outward and held from the head of the bed by the tension of a spiral spring, G, about the pintle d, and is swung back toits position across the head of the bed, when desired, by means ofa cord, g, one end of which is secured to the pole a short distance from the hinge, and passing from thence through the eye c', then ce back through an eye, y', secured to the pole F, and thence to the hook H. By pulling on the cord g the pole will be drawn to its position across the head of the bed and locked in this position by placing the eye or ring h over the hook H. The shams will now occupy the required position over the pillows, and when it is desired to remove them therefrom tlie eye h is released from the hook H, and the tension ofthe spring G will swing the pole and shams off to the side ofthe bed.

It is evident that slight changes may be made in the form and arrangements of thel several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the description herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a pillowsham holder, the combination,with a head-post of a bedstead, of a hori zontally-swinging pole hinged thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. In a pillowsham holder, the combination,with a bracket secured to a head-post, of ashani-supporting horizontally-swinging pole hinged thereto, and a cord for operating the same, substantially as setfort-h.

3. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination,with a bracket secured to a head-post, of a spring-actuated horiZontally-swinging pole hinged to said bracket, substantially as set forth.

4. In a pillow-sham holder, the combina- IOS tion,with a bracket secured to one of the head- In testimony whereof I have signed this posts, and a pole journaled on said bracket specification in the presence of two'subsoriband adapted to swing in a horizontal plane, of ing Witnesses.

a spring for swinging or forcing the pole to 5 one side, or away from the bed. W'. E. DEWEY.

5. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination, with a horizontally-swinging sham-supwlitnesses: port operated by a spring and oord7 of `de- W. J. BRICE, vices for looking' the support in position across LOUIS CHR. KLEIN.

I 1o the head of the bed, substantially as set forth. 

